THE TESTY TIMES 01-Jun-99 Edition LIVING SECTION: This Week's Promotions Cooking with Beer NEWS/INDUSTRY SECTION: Business Updates Stock Prices Beer News DID YOU KNOW...? ############################################################ LIVING SECTION ############################################################ This week's promotions! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Snellville - Fri, June 4th, Shiner Bock Pint Night 7:00 pm, while supplies last Sat, June 5th, Hoegaarden Glass Giveaway 7:00 pm, while supplies last Cumming - Thu, June 3rd, La Trappe Trappist Ales Tasting **don't forget to check out the calendar on the News Section of our website for upcoming promotions! http://www.tacomac.com/cgi-bin/calendars/tacomac/WebEvent Cooking With Beer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Creamy Apple Ale Dressing 1/2 cup hard cider or apple ale 2 tbs frozen apple juice concentrate 1 tsp cornstarch 1/2 tsp mustard powder 1 cup half-and-half 1 tsp celery seed 1 tsp cracked black pepper * Combine all ingredients. Whisk until smooth, then cook, stirring constantly in a 1 quart saucepan until creamy and thickened * While still warm, pour over freshly grated cabbage and sliced apples for delicious coleslaw. (Cooking With Beer by Lucy Saunders) ############################################################ NEWS/INDUSTRY SECTION ############################################################ Business Updates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Full Sail Brewing Co. in Hood River, Oregon has announced the acceptance of a purchase offer by its employees on April 29, 999. The move makes Full Sail the first employee-owned brewery in the country. "At a time when the rest of the market is consolidating, we are proud to announce that Full Sail is taking a big step to reaffirm our commitment to local ownership and traditional craft-style brewing" said Irene Firmat, Full Sail Brewing General Manager and CFO. * Reuters reports that British brewing and leisure group Bass Plc is expected to show a fall in half-year profits due to the effect of tough trading in brewing as the British beer market faces declining volumes and rising price discounts. * M. Shanken Communications' Impact Magazine predicted that the economies of developing countries in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America are expected to lead the charge of alcoholic beverage growth into the twenty-first century. The report forecasts a 21 million-liter gain in consumption in those areas by 2005. By 2000, beer consumption in those areas will be 133.9 billion liters. Beer is expected to lead the growth with an expected annual compound growth rate of 2%, resulting in the overall percentage of worldwide beer consumption, of the total alcoholic beverage consumption, nearing 78%. * Anheuser Busch launched its 1999 schedule for the Budweiser Mobile Beer School. The exhibit hits the road with local Budweiser brewmasters to "conduct interactive seminars on beer and brewing". Called a "travelling classroom" the program has granted certificates to over 190,000 "certified Beer masters" during its three years in operation. The four travelling schools have already been booked for more that 60 special events this year. For more info call Sandy Schenk at 314-577-9671 Stock Prices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEERF - Big Rock Brewery Change: - 1/2 Last/NAV: 3 3/8 52-Wk Low: 2.00 52-Wk High: 4.00 BRH - Companhia Cervejaria Brahma Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 10 1/4 52-Wk Low: 6.37 52-Wk High: 14.62 BUD - Anheuser Busch Change: + 11/16 Last/NAV: 73 1/16 52-Wk Low: 45 1/4 52-Wk High: 79.81 CBEV - Capital Beverage Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 4 3/4 52-Wk Low: 4.12 52-Wk High: 8.56 GENBB- Genessee Corp Change: - 1/8 Last/NAV: 23 1/4 52-Wk Low: 19.56 52-Wk High: 36.00 HOOK - Redhook Change: + 1/32 Last/NAV: 3 15/16 52-Wk Low: 3.78 52-Wk High: 6.87 MBRW - Minnesota Brewing Co Change: 0.00 Last/NAV: 1 11/16 52-Wk Low: 1.37 52-Wk High: 3.00 PMID - Pyramid Brewing Change: + 5/32 Last/NAV: 2.00 52-Wk Low: 1.12 52-Wk High: 3.31 RKY - Adolph Coors Change: - 1/4 Last/NAV: 47.5 52-Wk Low: 34.00 52-Wk High: 65.81 SAM - Boston Beer Co Change: + 3/16 Last/NAV: 8 5/16 52-Wk Low: 6.5 52-Wk High: 12.75 VO - Seagrams Change: + 1 5/16 Last/NAV: 51 15/16 52-Wk Low: 25.12 52-Wk High: 65.00 Beer News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * BridgePort, "Oregon's Oldest Craft Brewery" is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a new logo and a June party to which the public will be invited. BridgePort opened in 1984 and has gone from 600 barrels to 25,000 barrels annually. Founded as Columbia River Brewery by locals Dick and Nancy Ponzi, BridgePort was sold to the Texas-based Gambrinus Company in 1995. BridgePort is best known for its BridgePort ale, its "Oregon Series" of ales and its "Firkin" ales. * This year's national Brewpub Conference & Tradeshow (NBC) is set for Sept 15-17 at Chicago's Navy Pier. More than 1,000 people are expected for the event which features 45 workshops and seminars, a 100 booth tradeshow, three in depth preconference sessions and special events. Keynote speaker for the event is Allen Corey, CEO of Big River Breweries. For details on special early bird registration prices call Niche Publications at 530-758-4596 before June 15th . Info is available on the web at http://www.brewpubmag.com/ * Erika Lee, 27, from Tigard, Oregon was chosen as the winner of the "Guinness Win Your Own Pub In Ireland" Contest. This years grand prize was J. O'Sullivan's pub located in Newcastle West which lies along the Daar River about 150 miles southwest of Dublin. * Big Rock Brewery introduced "Kold", a "genuine glacier-sourced water lager, that's cold-brewed for taste and attitude". It is brewed with water from the Thompson Glacier, 150 miles north west of Big Rock's Calgary brewery. Did You Know... ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hathor: The Egyptian goddess of beer, queen of dance, and queen of drunkenness. When Ra, the sun god, lost his patience with the human race he decided to punish the people by turning Hathor loose. She did her job well, as the streets were flooded with blood, and the survival of the human race was in doubt. She was not easily stopped, so in an effort to slow her down Ra took the human blood flooding the streets and added barley and fruit. The resulting mixture became the world's first beer. The next morning when the goddess returned to finish her job she was stopped by an ocean of beer. Tasting the beer and liking it she quickly became drunk and forgot about finishing off humankind. Since then Hathor has remained the chief Egyptian goddess of beer and drunkenness. (Encyclopedia of Beer. Christine P. Rhodes, editor)